Within Mexico or across borders.
We remove the barriers.
We coordinate your freight within Mexico, across the USMCA corridor and, where applicable, beyond it through a partner network. One point of contact, from quote to delivery. Asset-light model.
Find Your Trading Compass.
Personalized attention
One point of contact who understands your operation and stays with you through the process.
Solutions built around your cargo
We assess route, mode, timing, and requirements before presenting an alternative.
Follow-through, start to finish
We keep you informed at the key stages of every coordinated operation.
Countries in the USMCA corridor
Quote turnaround
End-to-end services
Frictionless logistics, end to end.
Transport, customs, warehousing, and the documentation that ties them together — coordinated end to end, within Mexico and across the USMCA corridor.
FTL/LTL Ground Transport
Dry van, reefer, and flatbed. Domestic service within Mexico and cross-border MX-US, with connection to Canada. Subject to route and availability.
Customs Coordination
Export and import handled by customs brokers on both sides of the border.
Shipment Follow-Up
We keep you posted at every relevant stage of your shipment, within our business hours. Where the carrier provides tracking, we fold it into that follow-up.
Cargo Insurance
Cargo insurance coordinated per shipment. Scope, conditions, and exclusions are confirmed in the quote.
Warehousing
Flexible warehousing at strategic points within Mexico and along the USMCA corridor, with inventory control and pallet handling.
Crossdock, Distribution & Sourcing
Consolidation, crossdock, and domestic and regional distribution, plus supplier sourcing for your supply chain.
International Trade Consulting
Import/export advisory: Incoterms, tariff classification, certificates of origin, and compliance.
Specialized Deliveries
White-glove for high-value or handling-sensitive cargo, and projects requiring non-standard coordination: permits, uncommon routes, or special handling.
A customs delay is rarely just a logistics matter.
It's a line that stops, a store that doesn't get restocked, or a product that loses shelf life. We work mainly with operations where that carries weight.
Heavy and industrial machinery
Equipment, parts, and components with non-standard dimensions or weights, permits involved, and committed downstream dates. Coordination starts before the cargo moves.
Distribution and store replenishment
Deliveries to multiple destinations, receiving windows, and schedules that don't move. Here the problem is rarely the freight: it's the coordination between origin, transit, and each delivery point.
Perishable and temperature-controlled cargo
Limited shelf life and low tolerance for delay. Route, refrigerated transport, and documentation are defined together, because here a lost day isn't recovered.
These are the operations where we add the most, not the only ones we handle. The criterion isn't your company's size: it's whether the operation repeats, carries its own complexity, or whether a failure costs you.
A logistics partner, not another middleman.
Four concrete differences, not general promises.
Asset-light model
No owned fleet means no conflict of interest: we choose the provider that suits your cargo, not the one we need to fill.
Transparent pricing
Itemized costs from the first proposal. No surprise charges at closing.
Insurance from the quote
When applicable, cargo insurance is addressed when we quote, with its scope and exclusions. Not a surprise line at the end.
Direct, human support
When something gets complicated, you talk to a person who knows your operation and follows through. No forms in between, no autoresponders.
Asset-light. Agile. Trinational.
Cardinal Point is a freight forwarding company specialized in trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada. We operate without owned fleet to stay agile, transparent, and scalable — no surprises, no fine print.
Every cardinal point represents a possible direction: a market, a route, an opportunity. We're the instrument that marks the way.
Cardinal Point
Find Your Trading Compass.
Coverage: Mexico · United States · Canada
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Countries covered
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Response time
Asset-light model: no owned fleet, so we pick the right carrier for every route.
One point of contact, from quote to delivery.
Cardinal Point analyzes, quotes, coordinates, and follows through. Transport, customs clearance, insurance, and warehousing are coordinated with specialized providers depending on the operation.
We understand your operation
Origin, destination, cargo type, timing, and restrictions. What isn't asked at the start tends to show up later as an extra cost.
We evaluate alternatives
Mode, route, and provider. We compare options before recommending one.
We present a proposal
Itemized costs, estimated transit times, and what is excluded. When applicable, cargo insurance is raised here, not at the end.
We coordinate and follow through
Documentation, pickup, transit and, where applicable, the border crossing. We update you at the main stages, within business hours.
We close the operation
We confirm delivery and organize the shipment's documentation.
Where the line is
Cardinal Point, directly
- Operation analysis and quoting
- End-to-end coordination
- Communication and follow-up with you
- Incident handling as single point of contact
Coordinated with specialized providers
- Ground, air, and ocean transport
- Customs clearance
- Cargo insurance
- Warehousing and cross-dock
The provider changes with the operation. The point of contact does not.
When something doesn't go as planned
Cardinal Point is your point of contact and coordinates the resolution with the responsible provider.
Delay
We flag it as soon as we detect it and propose alternatives while there is still room to act. The goal is to reduce operational and financial impact, not to explain it afterwards.
Customs inspection or requirement
We review documentation before the cargo moves, to reduce surprises. If an inspection, rejection, or requirement comes up, we coordinate with the relevant provider to clear the operation.
Damage or loss
When applicable, cargo insurance is addressed from the quote onward. If an incident occurs, we support you through the documentation, the review, and the coordination of the process with the relevant party.
One network, three countries.
North America is our operating core. We coordinate cargo to and from other markets with specialized providers, based on route, mode, and availability.
International Routes
Mexico · United States · Canada
Our core is domestic service within Mexico and the USMCA corridor: ground freight inside the country, customs, and border crossings across Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Beyond that corridor we coordinate international routes on demand with specialized providers.
Mexico and the corridor, end to end
Domestic service within Mexico and coordinated coverage across the United States and Canada to run the full USMCA corridor. Subject to route and availability.
From the corridor to the world
Cargo going beyond North America? We coordinate international routes on demand with specialized providers, based on route, mode, and availability.
From one shipment to a program
When an operation repeats, the route, the providers, the documentation, and the timing are defined once and executed the same way every month.
What clients usually ask us.
Under 24 business hours. If your cargo needs special permits or uncommon routes, we tell you on first contact and give you a realistic estimate.
Yes. We coordinate domestic services within Mexico — pickup, transit and delivery — alongside cross-border operations. We work with carriers and providers selected per shipment, so coverage is defined by route and availability, and we confirm it in the quote.
We coordinate both. We work with customs brokers in Mexico and the United States, and manage export and import documentation end to end.
The criterion isn't company size: it's whether the operation repeats, carries its own complexity, or whether a delay has consequences. We do not require a minimum volume. If your operation meets any of those three conditions, tell us how it works and we'll let you know whether we can coordinate it.
We coordinate cargo insurance for your shipment. The quote states what is covered, under what conditions, and what is excluded, so you know exactly what is protected before the cargo moves. If an incident occurs, we support you through the documentation, the review, and the coordination of the process with the relevant party.
Yes. The USMCA corridor is our core, but we coordinate international routes on demand with specialized providers. We confirm feasibility, transit times, and cost case by case, based on route, mode, and availability.
You get updates at every key stage — pickup, border crossing, and delivery — directly from your point of contact, within business hours.
We let you know as soon as we detect it and propose alternatives while there is still room to act. We review documentation before the cargo moves to reduce surprises; if an inspection or a requirement still comes up, we coordinate with the relevant provider to clear the operation. Your point of contact does not change during the process.
Question not listed? Write to us and we'll answer.
Join our partner network
We are looking for operating partners with experience in transport, warehousing, border crossing, distribution, foreign trade and specialized services for operations across Mexico, the United States and Canada. If your company has coverage, current documentation and provable capacity, complete your application to start the evaluation process.
Registration does not guarantee immediate freight assignment. All applications go through document validation, coverage, experience review and operational authorization by Cardinal Point.
Request your quote.
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